I vaguely remember that at some point in this story, we discussed the matter of midlife crisis. Under normal circumstances, resign, travel, and leave ...... Here in a middle-aged man named XX Martin, it became, killing someone.

Two detectives from Barton had already locked on to the middle-aged man who was still working in the aquatic processing factory with the eyes of the criminal.

"It's him!" James pulled Weiss down, "I saw him dangling behind the crime scene after the death in the market!

Wes glanced at James and tugged at the corners of his mouth, "And you let him go." ”

"How do I know it's the case he commissioned the phantom?!"

Wes waved his hand, "We can't go directly to him, we can only use the case of his boss's death to ask the employees used here, little by little to find something related to him Martin!"

"I know!" James realized, knowing that Wes was reminding him not to be impulsive.

Let's get moving.

Let's briefly introduce the factory where the two detectives are now. It's a cannery, making fish. In terms of modern technology, it is not a high-level factory, and manual labor seems to be the main force, and the automation part is limited to canned packaging. Compared to the factory on television that advertises human achievement, the factory with dozens of automatic production lines is much worse, only a little higher than the local workshop like Barton.

The reason we are focusing on here now has nothing to do with the two detectives. But rest assured, we will see acquaintances.

Barton's Big Q supermarket owner, Mr. Quest is here. To be more precise, he was in the office of the director, the highest person in the processing plant, impatiently waiting for the master to come to work.

Impatient waiting is naturally accompanied by complaining.

It's just that since no one is around Quest, Quest can only complain to the air: "We have signed the contract, and yesterday we are going to send the canned goods specially for the Republic to Patton!

Yes, Quest waited for his 'speech' after the rehearsal and waiting for the director to appear.

Trust me, it's working, not to mention whether it's positive or not - Quest has rehearsed several versions. Compared to the strong questioning version we see now, the first version is very cowardly, which is "Brother, what about the goods?

Quest vented for a while, took a deep breath, not very satisfied. Strength wasn't what he wanted, and Quest's collaboration with the canneyard was only this time to spice the Republicans' tastes. It's just a business experiment that benefits both parties. Barton's now largest retail supermarket, and Newton's food processing factory, will have a deeper cooperation. Because of this deeper collaboration in the future, Quest is here.

Let's put it this way, if one of the parties to the contract violates the law, Quest can ask a lawyer to deal with it, and there is no need to do it yourself.

Quest sorted out his impatience and began to plan his confrontation again.

James stepped into the office and exchanged glances with Quest.

"Why are you here?"

"Why are you here?"

At the same time exported.

James frowned, "I'm here to check the victim's relics." ”

"Wait a minute?what victim?!"

James was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Quest, who are you looking for here?"

Quest pointed to the private photograph on the director's desk, "He. ”

"He's dead. James replied calmly, and then began his work here, checking the contents of the deceased's desk. Ask the price, daily necessities, sticky notes...... Everything that can be put on the death of the owner of this factory, contacts his employee, the middle-aged Martin, something.

"He's dead?!" Quest's voice was a little sharp.

James had been punctured in the eardrum, but because he knew very well from Zach what kind of person Quest was, James didn't want to get entangled with this controlling guy, "There's no news about Barton, I don't know Newton has been dying lately." ”

"Barton's news??" Quest, who was already irritable, seemed to be ignited, and actually pressed directly to James, "Barton's news is either you or Grande every day!!! How do I know that Newton is dead!!"

James pursed his lips, Patton's news 'loved' him James, he could understand. Why is there a Grande? But the doubt was only for a moment. Despite the disgusting things James did to Grande that could not be washed away. But we must admit that at Barton, there is no one else who knows the Grande humans best, except James.

Newton funeral deliberately created momentum by Barton West Enders, and a Grande halfway house project employee seriously injured reporters. Isn't it all news?

"*!!" Quest continued to explode, "My brother was scammed by a scammer in the middle of the country (a wizard family that cheated money in the name of Asammet) and my partner died!*!*!"

James didn't sympathize, and as he rummaged through the deceased's papers, he looked at Quest, "Why are you here?" "James didn't ask broad questions like 'How are you in Newton?' but was very specific about the office.

James came all the way and was not hindered, which can be said to be a little bit -

The administrative facilities of this food processing plant are even lower than its modern level. For his own reasons: he didn't want to sabotage the investigation that had no reasonable law enforcement authority because of his own personal emotions, so James consciously chose a place that seemed sparsely populated when he and Wes split up the investigation.

Unexpectedly, James's route decided on the principle of a small number of people directly led him to the victim's office.

So, in the general direction, James can guess that part of the reason Quest is alone here is that there is no one to pick up the Barton partner. It's up to Quest himself to explain.

Quest didn't answer James directly. Instead, after bursting into a bunch of foul language, he also began to look at James, and the question was also very targeted, "Newton is private, why are you here, hmph, have we already recovered Newton." "This word, no need to guess, is a mockery. Self-deprecation, after all, Quest is also a member of the West End, and don't forget, he inherited Zack's blessing, and Yuri gave him most of Liszt's former commercial properties.

It's the same as Quest who is instinctively protective of his own business practices and doesn't answer James. James, who also has a desire to protect his work in the police department,

The two sides were drawn, and no one answered anyone.

The air in the office began to awkward.

After a short while, the change occurred when James pulled out a stack of dismissal notices......

James frowned, flipping through a section quickly. I can understand why I haven't seen anyone in the administrative office area of this project all the way. From market research to sales managers, most of the outgoing workers in this factory have passively lost their jobs!

James found a box that made the dismissal notices look like boxes. Although it has nothing to do with the fact that James has confirmed that Martin, the real murderer of the death case, these things are the information that can establish a separate case project for the death case at the Newton Police Department - at least, compared to other cases of unnatural death, this case has a motive for death.

James continued to rummage, not in a good mood. Two aspects.

One is the work ethic of being a police officer. James was not glad that he had found this information there. These are the things that can be used by the Newton Police Department to open a case and advance the investigation, and it stands to reason that it is not possible for him James, Detective Barton, to be found here on the third day after the crime. The work attitude of the Newton Police Department made James disdain.

Second, it was James's own problem. The Newton Police Department's refusal to allow the 'assistance' of two Detective Barton officers has been made clear in the case of the construction site of Newton University, and will not be repeated. Because of this, James knew he needed more information! Unless a case was thrown in front of the Newton Police Department, the Newton Police Department would probably not pay attention to the fruits of his and Wes's labor.

Objectively analyze these two points of James's psychology, about the first point, James's disdain is meaningless, he and Weiss have the opportunity to focus on a case because of the exclusion of the Newton Police Department, and the Newton Police Department has more than one case. Remember the words we used before, it was pile-up, pile-up, unsolvable, unnatural deaths.

The city government's Newton University renovation project is beyond the reach of the Newton police, isn't it?

On the second point, although we can say that James deserved it, we must also admit that James's ideas are actually the same in essence as Hughes Revre. It is no longer a convection process, and the results of the most cases are directly presented in front of the Newton Police Department.

As James continued to review and rummage through information, Quest pondered.

Quest can go, obviously the person he is looking for has already hung up, he doesn't have any point here, it is enough to change the lawyer to deal with the rest of the matter. But he's still here.

When unknown thoughts reacted to each other, James turned up a few more things—inspection reports on exported food, information on new production line technology......

All the evidence that was showing James that a Newton factory was going through a phase of major change was put in the box just now.

"It's the workers. Quest spoke suddenly.

"What?" James looked up at Quest.

"If someone had killed the factory manager, it would have been a worker on the processing line here!" said Quest, a decision that was clearly not within his profession.

"Why. James suppressed his emotions and continued to ask questions.

"Those dismissal notices you just found out. Quest didn't move, "Those guys didn't lose their jobs, they went to Barton, and most of them worked under me." "Quest's collaboration with this factory is going to reveal here? Well, no," Patton was very attractive to Newtons after his pension policy became like this. Especially the kind of people who already had relatives at Barton. "It's just the social manipulation of the West Enders.

James frowned, and what he said was very much in line with the detective's profession, "Can you provide an alibi for these people the day before yesterday?" ”

The reason why Quest suddenly spoke was also clear at this time, "I can, I can call Barton now and ask my personnel department to sort out the information you need to prove that my Quest Group has nothing to do with the death case that happened here in Newton!"

He is worthy of being a businessman, and a guy with a strong desire for control. His way of thinking is not that someone is dead, but that someone is dead, so how can I quickly get rid of this kind of thing! This kind of person is also quite admirable.

"Good. James pursed his lips, not wanting to comment on Quest's style, which was honestly the kind of cooperation James needed. You know, this kind of cooperation saves James and Weiss a lot of work! James gestured to the office phone, which means, 'Hurry up.'"

Quest also moved, picked up the deceased's phone and began dialing.

"If anyone has a grudge against this factory manager, it must be the workers!" Quest continued his policy of getting rid of the relationship, "The factory is going to introduce new automatic production technology, and these workers will be unemployed!" Quest's conditioning is clear, "People who have mastered administrative professions or foreign sales skills have long since found new job opportunities! And these people who have only adapted to one way of working all their lives will have nothing once their jobs are replaced by machines!"

The phone rang, and Quest began to explain things to the people on Barton's side, but James was lost in thought.

Even if James hadn't known in advance who the killer was, he would have agreed with Quest. Naturally, there will be no objection now. James's rummaging began to be purposeful, and he began to look for documents about the factory's future arrangements for workers—new training programs, compensation agreements, pension arrangements......

The box James had been looking for first was starting to fit ......

After all, this plot started with a middle-aged man, let's return to this middle-aged man...... No, to be precise, it's the same place as this young man named Martin.

Wes was talking to someone, "So you've signed a training contract? You'll be going to the middle of the city in a week to learn the new line procedures?"

"Yes!" the person who was talking to Weiss was a little excited, explaining himself, "I can't thank the director for this kind of opportunity, how could I hope he ...... He...... The choking behind the dead ......" was sincere, and Wes could see it.

Wes's question continued, "Who else has this training contract but you?"

"I, and xx, xx......" The person being questioned was pointing Weiss in the direction where the person was. Obviously it didn't make any particular sense, but the direction of this man's pointing jumped every time he passed Martin, who had been locked in Wes's afterglow for a long time.

"Good. Wes nodded, "I see." "On the surface, it's calm, but in reality, Weis's heart is burning, and Wes wants to remind the person he is talking to, 'The murderer, has been watching you from the moment we started the conversation. You may be the next person he entrusts. ’